The deficient structure of the petroleum industries bill in tackling Nigerias oil pollution

Joint Event on 17^th International Conference on Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment & 36^th International Conference on Environmental Chemistry & Water Resource Management

September 24-25, 2018 | Chicago, USA

Chukwuemeka Chuks-Ezike

Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Environ Anal Toxicol

Abstract :

The process for passage of the Petroleum Industries Bill (PIB) of Nigeria, instituted in 2008 was done with the purpose of regulating Nigeriaâ??s oil and gas sector. This Bill is, therefore, upon passage, expected to repeal all extant statutes regulating the oil and gas sector. Indeed, environmental management seems to be an important subject in most of Nigeriaâ??s oil and gas legislation. It is, however, notable that the theoretical importance given to this piece of legislation might not exactly translate to its practical effects on the environment. The factors of time and the significant increase in oil and gas pollution (both in the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors) over the years seem to make extant laws (which the PIB seeks to repeal) ineffective. It is, therefore, trite that one of the reasons for initiating the PIB is to proffer solutions to the seeming ineffectiveness of current legislative provisions on environmental management and sanctioning in the oil and gas sector. This article, therefore, within the context of this objective, shall examine the PIB to determine whether legislative provisions under the Bill provides any real solution to environmental challenges in Nigeriaâ??s oil and gas sector.

Biography :

E-mail: c.i.chuks-ezike@rgu.ac.uk